NES & Genesis QSound Prototype Photos & Update
Hey everyone,
Just reavealing myself as the buyer of the QSound prototype hardware and wanted to share some new pictures of the hardware and setup.
The bad news: It's currently only partially functional, so no video. The 'amp/decoder' unit turns on but the carts do not seem to be piping out audio from their respective audio jacks. The EPROMs were uncovered and I don't have my reader up here in Canada. I'll attempt to see what, if anything, is on them in the near future.
The good news: Everything does seem to be intact and complete. Controllers themselves are functional as are the speakers. Amp/decoder does function when fed other audio so going to look for some QSound sources.
It's going to take a while but I'll keep working on getting it up and running when I have the time & equipment. May try to bring this to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo or PAX, but barring that it will definitely be at Classic Gaming Expo whenever the next one is held. Hopefully by then we have it all up and running.
Enjoy the pics!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenplin/sets/72157634817326981/
Just reavealing myself as the buyer of the QSound prototype hardware and wanted to share some new pictures of the hardware and setup.
The bad news: It's currently only partially functional, so no video. The 'amp/decoder' unit turns on but the carts do not seem to be piping out audio from their respective audio jacks. The EPROMs were uncovered and I don't have my reader up here in Canada. I'll attempt to see what, if anything, is on them in the near future.
The good news: Everything does seem to be intact and complete. Controllers themselves are functional as are the speakers. Amp/decoder does function when fed other audio so going to look for some QSound sources.
It's going to take a while but I'll keep working on getting it up and running when I have the time & equipment. May try to bring this to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo or PAX, but barring that it will definitely be at Classic Gaming Expo whenever the next one is held. Hopefully by then we have it all up and running.
Enjoy the pics!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenplin/sets/72157634817326981/
Comments
When are the bunnyboy reproductions rolling out
Edit: The A1010A chip is an FPGA, but it is one time programmable fuse based so it shouldn't be erasable.
Originally posted by: bunnyboy
Bring to Portland, I can bring CopyNES to dump it. The A1010A chip is an FPGA so hopefully those haven't been erased with time either!
You aren't getting off that easy.
We expect exact reproductions of the entire thing !
Originally posted by: buyatari2
Originally posted by: bunnyboy
Bring to Portland, I can bring CopyNES to dump it. The A1010A chip is an FPGA so hopefully those haven't been erased with time either!
You aren't getting off that easy.
We expect exact reproductions of the entire thing !
lol would there really be a big demand for the speaker peripherals? Might be costly to make.
I'm not saying DON'T make them (Heck, now I want one! lol) but mainly just dump the roms to help preserve them. I'm good with just pics and/or a vid of the whole set up running.
Originally posted by: BouncekDeLemos
Originally posted by: buyatari2
Originally posted by: bunnyboy
Bring to Portland, I can bring CopyNES to dump it. The A1010A chip is an FPGA so hopefully those haven't been erased with time either!
You aren't getting off that easy.
We expect exact reproductions of the entire thing !
lol would there really be a big demand for the speaker peripherals? Might be costly to make.
I'm not saying DON'T make them (Heck, now I want one! lol) but mainly just dump the roms to help preserve them. I'm good with just pics and/or a vid of the whole set up running.
Can you imagine a limited edition working setup with cartridge and speakers in a nice box set? Even if the setup was $200+ it would sell out quick. With some time the price on the secondary market for an original set could beat out the garage cart.
What's your website going to feature?
Originally posted by: K.Thrower
Congrats on the purchase Steve, and thanks for sharing the pics!
What's your website going to feature?
Thanks! Ah, the URL was for a site I had planned but scrapped a while back. Will post finds on Twitter, Tumblr, etc. instead.